A Civilizational Moment
The decline of the west can be traced to philosophical, ethical, cultural, economic, and technological evolution in society. However, the the crux of the matter is, the rejection of our faith in God and the moral implications that have resulted from it. As Nietzsche wrote, we have killed God and have un-tethered the earth from the sun. Even an atheist, understood the importance of the moral restraint and the unity that resulted in a thriving civilization by a God fearing people, verses the chaos that will result from "untethering the earth from the sun." History is witness to the peace, prosperity and freedom that are the fruits of a God fearing society.
After WWII, the turn towards globalism and the denial that any idea of a crisis exists in the west, is really the evidence of the existential crisis that western society is facing. Globalism is the modern day version of the Tower of Babel. We are turning away from a God centered society, to embrace a man-centric one. We will become our own gods as technology launches us into the utopian society of the future. We don't have to guess how well that will work out. There is no question that the Christian faith was the ultimate force and view of reality that Westerners had, fueling the juggernaut that is western culture. It is the conviction of the supreme presence of the one true, transcendent God that made the West possible. Let's not blow it.